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Jul 9, 2009 4:20 pm US/Mountain

DA To Appeal Judge's Order To File Rape Charges

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) ― Arapahoe County's top prosecutor plans to challenge a judge's order to proceed with rape charges in a nine-year-old case.

District Attorney Carol Chambers said this week she believes District Judge Carlos Samour used the wrong legal standard in concluding the case was strong enough to proceed. She will appeal the decision.

Julie Stene told police in June 2000 she was sexually assaulted at a party. The Associated Press does not typically identify victims of sexual assault but Stene has spoken publicly about the case.

Stene initially didn't want to testify but changed her mind several years later. Chambers then refused to file charges.

Samour ordered Chambers to name a special prosecutor and file charges against Clyde Surrell and Riley McMurdo. Both men have denied the allegations.

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